@stlux great to build together with your nieces, I've got the ice cream van too and regret not picking up the other ones. We got most TLM sets but for some reason those fell by the wayside (as did the ship).

Speaking of ships (see what I did there?) I just finished the Bounty. It's been a bad week health-wise but I've kept up with building a little bit each day to cheer me up. And it looks well good!

Lego Palace Cinema I want to mod it so it says Terrace instead of Palace, but first I need to build it. I have other modifications that I want to do in the future like make the Theater bigger and change the screen to a square instead of that crazy shape.

@stlux great to build together with your nieces, I've got the ice cream van too and regret not picking up the other ones. We got most TLM sets but for some reason those fell by the wayside (as did the ship).

Speaking of ships (see what I did there?) I just finished the Bounty. It's been a bad week health-wise but I've kept up with building a little bit each day to cheer me up. And it looks well good!

I've just finished the Bounty today as well. It was a fun build, but I can't help thinking how awesome it would be if I could pick up a second set cheaply. Two sets combined would make one amazing large ship. It just looks a little back end heavy to me and some of the rooms don't have much space. There is a stunning 1m long ship to be made from 2 sets. I bought mine very cheaply, £55, and am kicking myself now for not getting a second one at the time.

@stlux great to build together with your nieces, I've got the ice cream van too and regret not picking up the other ones. We got most TLM sets but for some reason those fell by the wayside (as did the ship).

They don't need my help building sets that size ;) They just concentrated quietly on it for an hour.

The 5 year old built the tractor and the 7 year old one the pizza van. Only thing I helped with were the stickers, and that's because I told them I wanted to put those on... Oh, and putting the rims in the tractor's tires, as that requires some force.

Coming to my place is a bit like going to a toy shop for them. Even though they have a decent Lego collection themselves, it is dwarfed by mine ;)They actually wanted to put together the Saturn V - I think they were mostly fascinated with the fact that it's almost as big as they are. however as we will be moving in just 4 weeks, I steered them towards the smaller sets...

Once we have moved, I'll put together #42070 6x6 All Terrain Tow Truck with them. Especially the 5 year old is eager, she even had it on her Christmas wishlist! (Yes, I know that set has many issues, but as I bought it for less than EUR90 I feel happy with that purchase.)

As I don't seem to be able to do just one build at a time, whilst on Bricklink I also purchased the parts to make JKBrickworks galloping reindeer.And also a few bits to modify my #60050 Train Station to fit it on a baseplate for easier storage and display as I got fed up with bits falling off the original when it was picked up after Christmas. The end result still has the main features of the original but I may have gotten a bit carried away with the rest of it. The build is mainly fairly basic stuff but it was fun to try and get the red pin stripe to always line up especially when incorporating the internal builds into the outside wall.

Just finished building the Lego Cinema Palace ->and the next build is going to be the Diner build. I'm in the process of make my own Lego City downstairs and in the future I plan on doing modifications.

Where I had to extend my Modular street by 16 studs wide to fit Assembly Square on then by 16 studs deep when I added the Old Fishing Store I've been left with a 16x48 strip at the front of my build. Its had a few cars parked there and the Christmas trees sat there over the festive period, it was time to add something more permanent.My Secret Santa was kind enough to bring my Ninjago City Chase for Christmas and when I saw it in the supermarket at 25% off I couldn't resist a second copy. I still need to add a paved area and change some food and signs for variety, but I think my mini Chinatown looks quite cool.

Now that our club show is over, it's time to get back to work on the layout. I've got 3 weeks! The track changes are complete. The wall you see behind the train yard will be an elevated street with road ramping up to the right of the curve. In the background is the stone arch bridge. I've been mulling over the design of it for a while and it's coming together nicely but is really chewing up my parts supplies! Need to go make some more Bricklink orders.

I'll sure the purists may howl as the real bridge is a piece of 3/4 plywood as you can see here. The Lego is just decoration. The arch is actually pretty sturdy but I'm not going to give it the "milk jug" test.

Bag 2 done. My wife is doing awesome at this, despite not having built LEGO before! This is really a great cooperative build though to introduce someone to LEGO, when everything so far is quite symmetrical, or 2X assemblies. The subject matter of course appeals to those who haven’t built LEGO before, but woe to our family budget if I’ve created another AFOL! :D

Great job on bridge ,reinforcement is essential as Lego structure sags over time , watch the Lego destruction/disaster videos , U xcould try that if You're feeling adventurous plus remaking can be fun without having to start from scratch

Finally got around to starting a fun project this weekend. A used (and EXTREMELY dusty) #8455 Back-Hoe Loader cleaned, sorted, and ready to build! The picture was taken a few steps into the building process. The sneaky sock was an added bonus for those photo inspectors. NFL Seahawks socks

This will be my first Technic build and one I'm really excited about! I have the Ferrari F1 Racer 1:10 #8386 waiting for me once this one is complete too.

After buying and building sets 31052 Vacation Getaways, 60117 Van & Caravan, 60182 Pick Up Truck Caravan Camper and 31079 Surfer Van my son wanted to continue the RV and camping theme. So, we built him a truck and camper.

^I've always been curious about technic sets. For me, the building process is what it's all about in Lego, and technic has always seemed to offer even more in the way of building. However, I'm cheap at heart, and have had a difficult time spending the cash to test the waters.

I found this and the Ferrari set for what I felt was a great price and finally jumped in. They were both fully assembled when I bought them, so I got to play around with the features before disassembly. All I can say is WOW! I'm about 1/5th into the actual building and have to say I love it so far! It's a new and unique challenge for me. Can't wait to finish it up and see it finally shine without all the dust weighing it down!

Members of Brickish, the UK-wide Lego User Group, are doing a collaborative modular street this year. Today I got the last few pieces to finish my contribution, a Modular Newspaper Office, so I thought I'd share a few photos.

The main idea was to make it look like two adjacent buildings had been taken over by the Newspaper.

On the ground floor there's the Reception area (not shown in this photo) and the Printing Room:

Here's a close-up of my Printing Press:

On the first floor there's the chaos of the Newsroom:

The wizened old Journalist still loves his job:

And on the second floor, there's the Editor's Office and the Archives:

Members of Brickish, the UK-wide Lego User Group, are doing a collaborative modular street this year. Today I got the last few pieces to finish my contribution, a Modular Newspaper Office, so I thought I'd share a few photos.

The main idea was to make it look like two adjacent buildings had been taken over by the Newspaper.

Easily a day one modular buy right there! I will always love that printing press build!

Members of Brickish, the UK-wide Lego User Group, are doing a collaborative modular street this year. Today I got the last few pieces to finish my contribution, a Modular Newspaper Office, so I thought I'd share a few photos.

The main idea was to make it look like two adjacent buildings had been taken over by the Newspaper.

Easily a day one modular buy right there! I will always love that printing press build!

Thanks! It does use approx 3500 pieces though, so rather more than a normal modular! I suspect you can see where all the extra pieces are used...

After buying a second Ninjago City Chase to make a mini Chinatown, I was left with an extra 3-wheeler. I didn't want another police version so made this delivery one using some yellow pieces I had in my stash.

Here is MY Silent Mary and Imperial Flagship hybrid I've been working on. The sails you see in the pics are from TBB, and NOT the ones the final ship will receive. They are the same size though, so I used them to design the masts.

Work continues on the layout. The bridge is pretty much done. Just wanting for that last batch of parts arrive to finish the base. I also finished the slope up to the elevated street. The stepped building turned out pretty nice too. Lots to do yet. Finish placing the rest of the buildings, monorail, fairground, trees, citizens, Easter egg hunt. Two weeks to go is plenty of time right?